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“Floating” examples of these things include the definite article in the Bambara language. The loss of murmured consonants has led to the development of these things in Punjabi, (10[1])one of the only Indo-European languages to use them. The English-derived Krio developed these features through contact with sub-Saharan African languages, which tend to use these features. (10[1])Variations in these features (10[1])are described by downdrift, one example of which is their namesake “terracing.” An orthographic (-5[1])system devised by Chao uses (10[1])reversed characters to indicate sandhi like the “3-3 rule.” An acute accent represents the first, or rising, one of these things in Pinyin. (10[2])For 10 points, name these linguistic features that use pitch to distinguish meaning. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: tones [accept floating tones; accept Chao tone letters; accept tone sandhi; accept tone terracing]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will HollisterLehigh APrinceton A2710
MarkRutgers CBard5410
Jack RadoColumbia APenn State B5810
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ARowan A72-5
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BPenn State A7710
Arjun BothraHaverford ARutgers A10010
Ivonne ZhouPenn AJohns Hopkins B10010
John ShellyRowan AJohns Hopkins A11410